Terri Garber

Terri Garber is an American television and film actress most known for her role as Ashton Main, Southern Belle vixen, in the three part miniseries North and South.

Garber grew up in Miami, Florida, the youngest of three children. Their father was a lawyer, and their mother owned a cooking school. Garber began acting in professional theater at the age of 16 at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami. She booked a commercial that made her a member of the Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) and decided to move to New York to pursue television, film, and theater. Once in New York, she landed her first big role in the 1982 television series Texas, which launched her career. She moved to Los Angeles to do series pilots, and booked North and South. After North and South, she worked on many other daytime and night time soaps, including Dynasty, Santa Barbara, General Hospital, and As the World Turns. She also guest-starred in many drama series and feature films.

Garber married her high school drama teacher, William Roudebush, in 2013. Her daughter Molly Hager, by her first husband Chris Hager, is a successful Broadway actress. Recently, Garber teamed up with her sister Lisa Rubenstein to create an all-natural, handmade soap company by the name of SistersAlchemy. Garber lives in New York City with Roudebush and their maltese-poodle mix, Boo.